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inside the old reading room of the british library

The Old British Library Reading Room in the British Museum

23/01/2025 donbrown 0

Ever since the British Library decamped to its new home at St Pancras in 1997 and the subsequent creation of the Great Court, the British […]

The Nereid Monument in the British Museum

22/01/2024 donbrown 0

On one’s way to the Parthenon Gallery one walks through Room 17 of the British Museum and there, on the right, is what appears to […]

All Hail the Sacred Dung Beetle!

12/11/2023 donbrown 0

When Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, sold his collection of antiquities to the British Museum in 1816, the museum acquired not only his once […]

The Holy Thorn Reliquary in the British Museum

15/11/2021 donbrown 0

A bit more medieval from the British Museum (read all about a 700 year old citole here), but this time we’re not in my favourite […]

The 4500 year old Standard of Ur

18/08/2021 donbrown 0

Back in the British Museum for the first time since lockdown and prepping for a real life tour with a real life guest. The Standard […]

Lindow Man – the body in the bog

25/04/2020 donbrown 0

In the British Museum is a remarkable Iron Age corpse, a wonderfully preserved ‘bog body’ from the 1st century CE discovered in a place called […]

The Royal Gold Cup

18/04/2020 donbrown 0

Walk into Room 40 in the British Museum via the staircase in the entrance lobby and the first thing that hits you is this wonderful […]

A Medieval Citole in the British Museum

17/04/2020 donbrown 0

Up in Room 40 of the British Museum you will find one of the most stunning bits of medieval carving to survive – a citole […]

The Lewis Chess Pieces in the British Museum

07/03/2016 donbrown 0

One of the most famous of the early medieval exhibits from the museum is the Lewis chessmen. 93 separate pieces, in a variety of sizes, […]

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The Old British Library Reading Room in the British Museum

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The Nereid Monument in the British Museum

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The 4500 year old Standard of Ur

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Lindow Man – the body in the bog

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The Royal Gold Cup

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A Medieval Citole in the British Museum

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The Lewis Chess Pieces in the British Museum

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